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Izabal and Caribbean Guatemalan Foodways

Coastal

⚠ GUATEMALA’S CARIBBEAN COAST IS ABOUT 150 KM LONG AND IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. Izabal: PUERTO BARRIOS and Santo Tomás, the container ports; LÍVINGSTON (Labuga), reachable only by water, GARIFUNA and Q’EQCHI’ and Creole and Ladino; the RÍO DULCE gorge and LAKE IZABAL, the largest lake in Guatemala. The food: TAPADO — fish, shrimp, crab and coconut milk with plantain and cassava, the dish Lívingston is known for; HUDUT and EREBA; RICE AND BEANS in coconut milk; PAN DE COCO; MACHUCA; fish from the lake and the Río Dulce, including the manatee historically and now protected; Q’eqchi’ maize and cacao in the hills behind. ⚠ AND THE BANANA COAST: the United Fruit Company’s railway and ports made Izabal, and the 1954 coup that followed land reform affecting its holdings is part of this department’s history.

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Communities and languages

  • Garifuna community documented
  • Q’eqchi’ community documented
  • Creoles community documented

Languages: Garifuna, Q'eqchi', English, Spanish

What is recorded

  • The Guatemalan Caribbean coastline is approximately 150 km long. Lívingston is reachable only by water and holds Garifuna, Q’eqchi’, Creole and Ladino populations. Tapado, hudut, ereba, rice and beans in coconut milk and pan de coco are documented there. Lake Izabal is the largest lake in Guatemala. United Fruit Company railway and port construction shaped the department, and the 1954 overthrow of the Guatemalan government followed land reform affecting its holdings. documented

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